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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Tansy the sheep can’t go to sleep. She’s
forgotten how to do it! But when she follows the barn owl’s advice and starts
counting sheep, she realises that something is wrong … The award-winning
bedtime story with a humorous twist that children will love!

Go to Sleep! is a super cute children's book about a sheep who can't sleep. She tried everything to get herself to go to sleep, but does she succeed? Follow Tansey on her nighttime journey to discover whether or not she's able to get some rest.

I found the story to be really adorable and engaging. Tansey is extremely relatable, at least for me. I don't sleep all that much, and my three year old is very anti-sleep currently. He prefers to stay up and bounce around rather than go to bed. Too bad none of Tansey's methods help my kiddo sleep. lol

If you're a parent, or you have young readers, I'd definitely recommend Go to Sleep! It's a great, fun read that's short and has beautiful illustrations. It's definitely a good bedtime story for the little ones.

I'd give it five very well-deserved stars

Author
Bio – Marion Adams has been writing for as long as
she can remember, usually for fun and sometimes for money as well. She started
her career as an in-house copywriter with a publisher and now works as a
freelance proofreader and editor. It’s her dream job because she’s paid to read
all day (and eat dark chocolate). Over the years, she’s written all kinds of
things for both adults and children, some serious and some less so, with
published work including magazine stories, articles, poems, plays and
non-fiction books.

Marion lives in Devon, UK, and when she’s not
reading or writing (or eating dark chocolate), she loves going for walks on the
wild moors where her picture book Go To Sleep! is set.

If you could change something about
yourself, would you do it? When Sarah Simpkins is teased about her shadow in
the school playground, she finds herself wishing she didn't have one. That
night she has the chance to make the wish come true. But will losing her shadow
really make her happy?

Sarah's Shadow is a children's book about a young girl named Sarah who is teased about her shadow. All of the other kids on the playground make fun and call her names, which upsets Sarah, and rightfully so. She decides she no longer wants her shadow, but is that really the right choice?

I found the story to be a good one. It's both endearing and has a great moral. It showcases the bullies discovering that maybe they weren't so nice after all, and that everyone is unique and special in their own way. It also showcases Sarah learning that she's perfect just the way she is, and that she doesn't need to change herself to appease her bullies. Mean kids will always find something to pick on others about, so the lesson here is, be happy with who you are. Love and appreciate who you are.

If you're a parent, or have young readers, I'd definitely recommend Sarah's Shadow. The story can be a great teaching tool for both boys and girls. Plus, it has some amazing illustrations, and it's just a really good story overall.

I give it five stars.

Author
Bio – Nick Jones is an author based in Cheshire,
UK, but originally from Bristol. He has written a series of joke books and an
illustrated children's book. His first joke book, Gagged and Bound, was written during the summer of 2014 and was
published by Full Media Ltd later in the year to critical acclaim, garnering
positive reviews from numerous book review websites such as Reader's Favorite
and The Bookbag. A follow-up, Gagged and
Bound 2, was released a year later and received a similarly positive
response, and in 2017 Nick returned with the third instalment. Nick returned
with a very different book, Sarah's Shadow, in December 2017. He has several
new books in the pipeline including two picture books and a children’s joke
book.

Amy Coleman on a mission to find her son, the only problem was–up until
two days ago she never knew she had a child.

Life for Amy is not worth living anymore. She was brutally attacked, and
that nightmare of an abandoned child is seeping into her reality.
There is only one person who can stop her mission for death, a fallen
Angel by the name of Stephen. However, what Amy doesn't realise is
falling helplessly in love with this Angel will just lead her down a
dark and deadly path and right smack in the middle of an Angelic War.

After spending seven years on a self-destructive path of abuse, she will
start to unravel the secrets and lies of that awful night she was
attacked sending her world upside down. When Amy uncovers what really
attacked her that night, she will also have to face the painful
reality that she is a mother because of it.

The Angels try with Heavenly influence to blocking any memory from her,
she still must find her son before her attacker Solas does and
sacrifices him in a bid to open the gates of purgatory.